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SUSAN T. RODRIGUEZ FAIA Susan Rodriguez began an independent practice in 2017, combining more than thirty years of design leadership in the public realm with her passionate belief in the power of to affect change and improve the quality of life for all. Ms. Rodriguez is known for excellence in the design of buildings for cultural, educational, scientific and governmental institutions. She is the recipient of the 2016 Design Leader Award from Architectural Record recognizing the breadth and impact of her built work over the last three decades. She has also received numerous awards for design excellence, among them, National AIA Honor Awards, State AIA Awards, AIA Awards and American Architecture Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum, as well as many local and regional awards. Prior to creating her own firm, she was a founding Partner and Design Principal in Ennead Architects (formerly Polshek Partnership) recipient of the NYC AIA 2012 Medal of Honor.

Ms. Rodriguez’s work focuses upon the essential integration of exterior and interior space and the vital unity of site and program. Whether rural landscape or dense urban context, she seeks to create an architecture that is fused with its surroundings and the natural world. Her design process explores the use of innovative materials, technologies and systems to activate powerful Education formmaking. Underscoring the significance of the environment and architecture’s role in its 1985 preservation, her designs are models for the application of strategies. Graduate School of Architecture, As an extension of her professional work, Ms. Rodriguez actively promotes the importance of Planning and Preservation design in the public realm, having been a long-term board member of the Architectural League Master of Science in Advanced Architectural of New York, Art Works Projects: Design for Human Rights and the Chewonki Foundation. She Design lectures frequently on her work and has taught numerous design studios at Cornell, Columbia and City College. Ms. Rodriguez received a degree from Cornell University’s 1982 College of Architecture, Art and Planning, where she has served on the Dean’s Advisory Council Cornell University College of Architecture, Art and Planning, and the University’s Board of Trustees. She received a Masters degree from Columbia University. Bachelor of Architecture SELECTED PROJECTS Registrations Connecticut, District of Columbia, Indiana, SUSAN T RODRIGUEZ | ARCHITECTURE • DESIGN Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan , New 2024 The Meer Center, , New York, NY Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North 2022 Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Colby College, Waterville, ME Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont NCARB 2022 Angel’s Hill Residence, Garrison, NY 2021 Colby Museum of Art Addition, Master Plan, Colby College, Waterville, ME Professional Experience 2021 Hudson Highlands Residence, Garrison, NY 2017-present 2021 Center for Human Ecology, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME Susan T. Rodriguez | Architecture • Design 2021 Chewonki Girls’ Camp Cabins, Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, ME 1985-2016 2020 Bicentennial Carillon, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Ennead Architects (formerly Polshek 2018 Veterans Memorial, Vinalhaven, ME Partnership) 2018 Indiana University, Mather Museum of World Cultures, Master Plan, Bloomington, IN 1983-1984 2016 Chipakata Children’s Academy, 14 Plus Foundation, Zambia, Africa Shope Reno Wharton Associates 1993- Island Cabins, Penobscott Bay, ME 1982-1983 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, NY 2015 2007 New York City Penthouse, New York, NY Academic Appointments 2016, 2010, 2007, 1996 Work as Design Partner, Ennead Architects (formerly Polshek Partnership) Visiting Critic MUSEUMS Cornell University 2019 The Eskenazi Museum of Art Renovation, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN College of Architecture, Art and Planning 2015 The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA 2003, 1990, 1992 2005- Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC (unbuilt) Visiting Critic 2015 Columbia University Graduate School of 2009 Center for Civil and Human Rights Competition, Atlanta, GA (competition finalist) Architecture, Planning and Preservation 2003 Brooklyn Museum: Great Hall, Phases I-III, Hall of the Americas, Kevorkian Gallery and Beaux Arts Court Renovation and Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for 1988-1991 Feminist Art Visiting Critic, City College 2003 Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA School of Architecture and 2001 Smithsonian Institution, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Drue Heinz Environmental Studies Study Center for Drawings and Prints and Henry Luce Study Room for American Art, New York, NY 1998 Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT 1998 Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian Cultural Resources Center, Suitland, MD 1990 Ohio Wesleyan University Fine Arts Center, Delaware, Ohio (unbuilt) Visiting Juror: 1986 Verdun Peace Museum Competition, Verdun, France (competition finalist) Boston Architectural Center City College ACADEMIC Columbia University Cornell University 2000- Lycée Français de New York, New York, NY J. Irwin Miller School of Architecture, Indiana present University 2008- The Cathedral School at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine: Master Plan and Phased New Jersey Institute of Technology 2019 Renovation and Addition, New York, NY North Carolina State University 2016 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Design + Media Center, Boston, MA 2016 Vermont College of Fine Arts, Faculty Residence and Exhibition Hall, Montpelier, VT 2015 Indiana University, Global and International Studies Building, Bloomington, IN Washington University in St. Louis 1998 - for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture: 2010 Academic Building, Residential Hall, Gallery Building, Academic Building Expansion, New York, NY Professional Affiliations 2010 Westchester Community College, Gateway Center for English as a Second Language, Cornell University State University of New York, Valhalla, NY Board of Trustees 2008 Intermediate / High School, District 43, New York City Public Schools, 2013-2017 Staten Island, NY Co. Chair Buildings and Properties Committee 2007 Columbia University, Academic and Residential Complex, New York, NY (unbuilt) 2015-2017 2004 Sarah Lawrence College, Monika A. and Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Visual Arts Center, College of Architecture, Art and Planning Bronxville, NY Dean’s Advisory Council 2003 High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety, New York City Public Schools, 2000-2018 Jamaica, Queens, NY Co-chair: 2005-2010 2003 Smith College, Brown Fine Arts Center, Northampton, MA Cornell Executive Committee 2020-present 2000 University of California Los Angeles, Morgan Center Intercollegiate Athletics Department and Hall of Fame, Los Angeles, CA Collegiate School 1990 Ohio Wesleyan University, Fine Arts Center, Delaware, OH (unbuilt) Board of Trustees Building Committee, INSTITUTIONS 2012-2018 2007- Harrisburg Federal Courthouse, Harrisburg, PA 2020 Chewonki Foundation Board of Trustees 2019 Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Crypt Arts Center and North Transept 2009-Present Renovation, New York, NY Co-Chair, Land and Buildings Committee 2015 Staten Island Courthouse, St. George, Staten Island, NY 2014-Present 1997- The New York Botanical Garden, Pfizer Plan Research Laboratory International Plant 2013 Science Center, Herbarium and LuEsther T. Mertz Botanical Library, Lord and Lady Britton The Architectural League of New York Rotunda and Digital Imaging Center, Parking Structure, Bronx, NY Board of Directors 2005 Prescott Farm Audubon Center, Laconia, NH 1999-present 1996 Decaux Street Furniture, New York, NY Vice President for Architecture 1992 Comprehensive Signage Program for Central Park, New York, NY 2002-2006 Executive Committee 2002-present PERFORMING ARTS 2017 Abrons Art Center at Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY (unbuilt) American Institute of Architects 2009 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, New York City Public Schools, Astoria, Queens, NY AIA Honor’s Committee 2020-present RESIDENTIAL Pratt Institute 2021 Hudson Highlands Residence, Garrison, NY President’s Task Force 1993- Island Cabins, Penobscott Bay, ME 2020-present 2015 2010 General Theological Seminary, Chelsea Enclave Residential Building, New York, NY J. Irwin Miller School of Architecture, Indiana 2009 The Schermerhorn, Common Ground Community, Brooklyn, NY University 2002 Orphanos/Jeffers Residence, Martha’s Vineyard, MA Board of Advisors 2001 Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, History and Material 2019-present Culture, Bard Hall Dormitory, New York, NY 1999 Wing Tai Development, Cairnhill Circle Development, Singapore (unbuilt) 1991 The Cove Club, Battery Park City, New York, NY Selected Lectures / Podcasts 2021 The Maine Women’s Conference, Interview MASTER PLANNING Series Architectural Record “Design:ED,” Podcast 2016 Vermont College of Fine Arts, Campus Master Plan, Montpelier, VT Magazine, Fiddlehead Island, 2015 Sidwell Friends School, Comprehensive Master Plan, Washington, D.C. Interview 2008- Lycée Français de New York Master Plan, New York, NY 2020 2012 Chewonki Eastside Campus, Conversation 2007 Cathedral School of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Master Plan, with Foundation President Willard Morgan New York, NY College of the Atlantic Conversation 2007 Columbia University, Academic and Residential Complex, New York, NY with College President, Architecture 2005 Brandeis University, Safra Center for the Arts Programming / Planning Study, Waltham, at the Intersection of Culture, Place MA and Program, Keynote Speaker 2004 Harvard University, Peabody Museum Programming / Planning Study, Cambridge, 2019 MA Eskenazi Museum of Art Artist Lecture 2002 The Hispanic Society Museum Programming / Feasibility Study, New York, NY Series, Indiana University, Keynote Speaker 2001 The New York Botanical Garden, Landscape and Architecture Master Plan, Bronx, Festival of Isreali Architecture; NY Tel Aviv, Keynote Speaker 1999 Cathedral of Saint John the Divine Master Plan, New York, NY Architalx Lecture Series, Portland, 1994 Central Park Children’s Zoo Master Plan, New York, NY ME, Keynote Speaker 1988 Hastings-on-Hudson Riverfront Development Master Plan, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 2018 Design Norumbega Lecture Series, Bucksport, ME, Keynote Speaker SELECTED AWARDS AIA NY Women’s Breakfast, 40 Years 2016 Architectural Record, Women in Architecture, Design Leader Award IN Architecture: A Work in Progress 2012 AIA NYC, Medal of Honor, Ennead Architects 2016 2004 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, Polshek Partnership, Architects AIA / New England, Keynote Speaker 1992 AIA National Architecture Firm Award, Polshek Partnership Architects 2015 The Harlem Meer Center Municipal Arts Society, MAS Summit, 2020 NYC Public Design Commission Award Urban Intersections Lycée Français de New York AIA / CT, Keynote Speaker, Current Work 2018 SARA / NY Design Award 2013 2015 Beverly Willis Foundation Award North Carolina State School of Design, 2004 Upper East Side Historic District, Best New Building Intersection(s): Current Work 2004 AIA New York State, Honor Award AIA North Carolina, Keynote Speaker, Chipakata Children’s Academy Current Work 2016 AIA / NY Honor Award 2012 2016 SARA / NY Design Award Washington University, Sam Fox School 2015 AIA / New York State, Award of Merit of Architecture, St Louis Trust Lecture 2015 Architizer Award, Impact Award 2011 Massachussets College of Art and Design, Design and Media Center Cornell University AAP Lecture 2017 SARA / NY Design Award Series, Reciprocal Illumination 2016 Boston Society of Architects Educational Award Westmoreland Museum of American Art 2016 The Chicago Athenaeum: The American Architecture Award 2016 SARA / NY Design Award Frank Sinatra School of the Arts 2012 AIA/NYC, Award of Merit 2011 SARA / National Design Award 2010 The Chicago Athenaeum: The American Architecture Award 2010 AIA/NYS, Award of Merit 2010 SARA / NY Design Award Common Ground Community / Actor’s Fund of America 2011 SARA / National, Design Award 2011 BSA (Boston Society of Architects), John M. Clancy Award 2011 AIA/New York State, Award of Merit 2011 AIA/National, Housing Award 2011 SARA / NY, Design Award 2005 AIA/NYC Housing Design Award Citation Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum 2009 SARA/ National Design Award, Interiors 2009 AIA NYC, Award of Merit 2009 AIA New York State, Citation for Design Sarah Lawrence College, Heimbold Visual Arts Center 2008 AIA/NYC Building Type Award, Design Honor Award, Educational Facility 2008 AIA/NYC, Building Type Award, Design Merit Award, Sustainability 2005 AIA/New York State, Honor Award 2005 AIA/National COTE, Top Ten Green Buildings Smith College, Brown Fine Arts Center 2003 AIA/Massachusetts, Honor Award Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center 2000 AIA/National Honor Award, Architecture 2000 AIA/Connecticut, Award of Honor 1999 AIA/New England, Award of Merit 1999 AIA/New York State, Award of Merit 1998 The Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Award